Jim Schneider sat in the Crosstalk chair and presented the following news stories for listener input:

--Cuba has been removed from the U.S. terror sponsor list.--U.S. surveillance images allegedly show that China is positioning weaponry on at least one of the artificial islands they're developing in the South China Sea.--President Obama defended his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of the March elections in that nation arguing that such criticism lends him credibility when defending Israel.--A 35 year old contract signed last year and set to go operational next month allows a United Arab Emirates based company to operate a cargo terminal near the Kennedy Space Center frequently used by NATO and allied nuclear submarines.--The Obama administration discloses plans to preserve the habitat of the Sage Grouse.--The Texas Senate passes a measure to prevent international or Shariah to be used in Texas civil courts.--A French man is forced into a mental asylum for saying that Islam should be banned.--Some Minnesota Muslims use college financial aid/loans to cover the cost of tickets for flights to Syria to wage jihad.--Secretary of State John Kerry traveling to Nigeria for the inauguration of the Muslim former military dictator whose successful presidential election campaign benefited from the efforts of a consultancy founded by President Obama's strategist.--More than 100 pages of previously classified Department of Defense and Department of State documents implicate the Obama administration in a cover up to obscure the role that the State Department and Hillary Clinton played in the rise of ISIS. --U.S. military pilots claim their 'hands are tied' concerning rules of engagement in the fight against ISIS.--5 released Gitmo detainees could be free to travel as early as Monday.--ISIS members burn an Iraqi Christian woman to death.--George Pataki and Rick Santorum enter the run for the presidency.--Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal issues an executive order to block the state government from pulling the licenses, tax exemptions, grants and other benefits from companies because of the owner's views on same-sex marriage or other deeply held religious beliefs.--Releases of criminal aliens continue this year at an alarming pace.--Live anthrax is inadvertently shipped across the U.S.--Sophisticated criminals access personal tax information from more than 100,000 taxpayers.--Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg marries two men while the Court is attempting to come to a decision on same-sex marriage.--Vice President Joe Biden writes an opinion piece approving Ireland's decision to accept same-sex marriage. --Vice President Biden releases a statement blasting religious condemnation of homosexuality.--A federal appeals court issues a ruling banning 'Choose Life' license plates in the State of New York claiming that pro-life views are 'patently offensive.'--A Federal appeals court issues a ruling overturning a pro-life law in Arkansas that bans abortions at 12 weeks of pregnancy.--A U.S. Marine is court-martialed for displaying a Bible verse.